The Mycoplasma hominis P120 membrane protein contains a 216 amino acid hypervariable domain that is recognized by the human humoral immune response

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 675-688

  Nyvold, Charlotte ^a,b   Birkelund, Svend ^a   Christiansen, Gunna ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

120 kDA antigen; Antigenic variation; Membrane protein; Mycoplasma hominis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; MYCOPLASMATALES; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031042409     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-2-675     Document Type: Article

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